Medicine work experience

How to prepare before your first year of med school

So you have that long awaited email to say you have an unconditional offer – you areofficially on your way to medical school! But what now? Do you need to buy any textbooks?A stethoscope, a white coat, a surgical scalpel?? Those are the questions we wer...
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How to cope with the stress of medical school

Medicine is one full-on, all-consuming roller-coaster of a journey and that’s before you evenstart considering the usual stresses which come with starting university – moving away fromhome, trying to make new friends, fending for yourself for the first tim...
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How to choose the medical school which will be right for you

Applying to medical school is like entering a long term relationship. This may sound a littlefar-fetched and cheesy however, it is true that over the course of your lifetime you will likelyspend much more time at work than you ever will with your life part...
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How to have a personal statement med schools cannot ignore

So you have decided that you want to try and apply for medical school. Now comes the hardpart: actually getting in. And possibly the most tedious aspect of that process is the dreadedpersonal statement. A 4000 word essay in which you basically need to boas...
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